Posted on 08/13/2017 9:34:51 PM PDT by Mafe
Any statistician or economist will tell you there is a huge world of difference between the improbable and the impossible. Brexit and the Trump presidency were both thought to be impossible, but they were proven to simply have been improbable.
And whenever I see an article about the move for California to secede from the United States (the so-called “Cal-exit”), the more I think that a vote to split is inevitable rather than improbable. As a member of the California Freedom Coalition recently told the Sacramento Bee, collecting signatures for the 2018 ballot, “We feel like this current initiative is more feasible and will hold up more to scrutiny and legal challenges.”
It is very easy to get an initiative on the ballot in California, so easy the left-leaning New Republic called it “a joke.” California made Arnold Schwarzenegger its governor. Twice. One might say passage of a secession referendum–even secession itself–might be improbable, rather than impossible, too.
(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...
"Were it not for California, Trump would have won the popular vote by almost 1.5 million. Most importantly, without the California Congressional caucus in Washington, the Republican edge in the House of Representatives almost doubles."
It's looking better and better.
"Whatever remains of old California will disregard classic liberal values in favor of modern day progressivism, which is a bizarre mixture of anarchy and fascism"
#3: Might makes right.
Yes, and America's steady flow toward self-destruction will be slowed and perhaps reversed when the steady flow of anti-American propaganda and political pressure are brought to a halt.
If we can get rid of California, eliminating illegals will be easy.
Other Supreme Court decisions have been reversed, e.g. Dred Scott, Brown v Board of Education, et al.
Yeah...having the GOP control the House, Senate, and Whitehouse has been awesome so far! Look at all of the awesome things Ryan and McConnell have accomplished!
The idea of a territory is a good one. These people have proven that they are incapable of governing themselves.
Also, don't forget the Monroe Doctrine.
Yes but....
To reclaim California, there must be the will to do so. If the consensus is that America is better off without California, there will be no effort to enforce the court decision to drag the crap back into the Union.
Disclaimer: yes, I know that musc in fact most of the geographical area is not all that bad, and is in fact good
And the Roberts court said the government can force US citizen to buy private insurance policies. Court schmourt.
We need to figure out how to keep California but eject the nutcases. They’re highly susceptible to propaganda; maybe we could persuade them all to move to North Korea or Venezuela or Zimbabwe.
Sounds like a winner California! Go for it. I hope y’all get what is coming to you.
If CA were to leave, illegals in their land would instantly become citizens of the new nation by proclamation of the new government. It would have to be absolutely clear that CA could never return, given that government’s policy of open borders.
The article states that New Yorkers generate 7.8 BILLION tons of trash per year. That should be MILLION.
But none of this tearjerking, buttsore complaigning means a damn thing because the Calexit has no more chance of succeeding anymore than than the Texit or other four or five states with morons pushing the movements.
You are of course correct.
The way I see to resolve the issue best is to have a repeat of the Big’un.
I think the loss of San Francisco or LA to an earth quake would tip the balance.
Dred Scott wasn’t overturned. It was rendered moot by the passage of the 14th Amendment. Brown v Board is still the law of the land but you are correct that any Supreme Court decision can be reversed. Its just that Texas v White has not been reversed over the last 148 years.
Cal-Exit bump for later.....
“California is a symptom, not the disease.”
100% correct.
Thank you for that!
Now, can you find any legislation that was passed and signed by POTUS that explicitly states the same thing?
The essential ones will remain but the ones that exist only because of political favor won't.
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